2017-2018 11th Grade English III AP 2

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass byFrederick Douglass–Available for $5.00 (ISBN: 978-0-7434-8777-1)Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a leading spokesman for his people.

1984 by George Orwell – Available for $10.00 (ISBN: 978-0-451-52493-5)In 1984, the Party rules Oceania with an iron fist, monitoring all of its citizens day and night. Winston Smith, an employee of the Ministry of Truth, attempts to join a resistance group called "the Brotherhood" with his girlfriend Julia. He's captured by the Party and tortured until he suffers a mental breakdown and declares his love of Big Brother.

David & Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell - Available for $18.00 (ISBN:978-0-316-20437-8)Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a pebble and a sling-and ever since, the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – Available for $6.00 (ISBN:0-553-21245-1 )An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle — his devastating exposé of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It quickly became a bestseller, arousing public sentiment and resulting in such federal legislation as the Pure Food and Drug Act.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot- Available for $16.00 (ISBN: 978-1-4000-5218-9)By early 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a mother of five in Baltimore, had suffered for some time from what she described as a painful "knot on my womb." She sought treatment at Johns Hopkins, a charity hospital and the only one around that treated black patients. The diagnosis: cervical cancer. Before administering radium for the first time, the attending doctor cut two dime-size samples of tissue, one cancerous and one healthy, from Lacks's cervix. No one asked permission or even informed her.

Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by Dalai Lama- Available for $14.00 (ISBN: 978-0-547-84428-2)​Ten years ago, in the best-selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles. With Beyond Relgion, he returns to the conversation at his most outspoken, elaborating and deepening his vision for the nonreligious way—a path to lead an ethical, happy, and spiritual life. Transcending the religion wars, he outlines a system of ethics for our shared world, one that makes a stirring appeal for a deep appreciation of our common humanity, offering us all a road map for improving human life on individual, community, and global levels.